Water Margin people

Chapter 1402 Censor

Liangshan.

Sun Lei was reluctantly woken up before it got light.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time!"

Hua Chan and others took the dragon robes and crowns and urged Sun Lei to get up and wash up and get dressed. The morning court was about to begin.

"Oh, I have to go to court as soon as I come back."

Sun Lei was speechless, although he really wanted to cancel the morning meeting. Why should we discuss government affairs in the morning? Not at noon?

But all the officials were firmly opposed, and even Wen Huanzhang insisted on going to the morning court.

Wen Huanzhang's idea is very simple. Although the morning court is just a formality, it can have the purpose of urging the king to work diligently.

If an emperor can go to morning exercises on time, his government affairs will not be too bad.

"You are the emperor. You have the heavy responsibility of the world and thousands of miles of land. How can you be so lazy? Get up!"

Cheng Wan'er pulled Sun Lei, Li Shishi and Hu Sanniang also came to help, and together they pulled Sun Lei up.

After getting dressed, Sun Lei came to the back hall before dawn.

As the sky lit up slightly, Wen Huanzhang and Lin Chong entered the palace hall with civil and military officials.

Sun Lei was drinking warm lean meat porridge in the back hall. He really couldn't understand going to court so early, let alone some people going to court hungry.

"Your Majesty, all officials are ready!"

A guard came over to report.

Sun Lei then put down the porridge bowl, wiped his mouth, got up and went to the main hall.

Sun Lei walked slowly to the dragon chair and sat down. All the officials shouted long live, and the morning ceremony officially began.

Officials reported the situation in various places in turn. They were not idle during Sun Lei's personal expedition, and various places were gradually brought under the jurisdiction of Qi State. Only a few remote areas had people rebelling.

Sun Lei looked at the memorial in his hand. The specific situation was that Wen Huanzhang and Li Zhu had already expressed their anger with him yesterday.

"Order Wang Jin to be the general of Pingnan, with ten generals and fifty thousand soldiers to put down the rebellion in the south."

Sun Lei took out his ink pen and sketched on the memorial in front of him and then said, "The south has more mountains and water, so it will take more time than the north."

"I accept your order!"

Wang Jin was overjoyed and went out of duty to salute and accept his orders. There were not many opportunities to go to war now. Although the suppression of the rebellion in the south was a small effort, the cumulative effect was military merit.

After arranging military affairs, Sun Lei began to arrange the fate of officials from various places.

Officer Sun Lei had been thinking about this for a long time. He didn't have that many officials to manage the world, and he was unwilling to use corrupt officials from the Song Dynasty, so he selected a group of officers with outstanding military achievements and flexible minds from the army.

"Your Majesty, why are they all military attachés?"

After hearing Sun Lei's appointment, someone immediately put forward their opinions.

Sun Lei glanced at the man. He was Xu Wen, a scholar from Jiangnan. His knowledge was no problem, but his literary style was too heavy-handed and a bit rigid. He was now arranged to be an eighth-grade scholar in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Li Zhu looked at his officials in surprise. He just wanted to strangle this man to death. He was the imperial censor and now in charge of the censorship. He, the censor, had not spoken or given any hints. Why did his subordinates jump out? Talk, and it’s something that could lead to big trouble.

There have always been regional disputes, and it is an indisputable fact that the Southern Civilization and the Northern Military are in dispute. But now that the world has been settled and the army has returned triumphantly, rewards are what it should be. However, a scholar from the Metropolitan Procuratorate dares to object in public. This I'm afraid I'm going to offend a lot of people.

Li Zhu immediately glanced at the old Huaixi brothers and told them to be patient and not to be impulsive.

"You're looking for death! Where were you when we followed His Majesty in a bloody battle to kill the enemy?"

But at this moment, the angry general didn't care about Li Zhu's eyes. Ma Jin was the first to jump out and pointed at Xu Wen and cursed.

"I'm just stating the truth. It's okay for generals to fight, but the management of places is different. It can't be solved with a knife!"

Xu Wen spoke without fear. He had his own persistence and understanding. The management of a place by military generals could easily cause disasters and rebellion. After all, military generals were proficient in the art of war and good at training troops.

"I think I should have sacrificed you to the flag when we went out for the battle!" Fan Rui looked at Xu Wen and said coldly. He thought that Xu Wen was going to war against the generals on behalf of the civil servants, and began to think about suppressing the generals.

"Okay! Stop making noise!"

Sun Lei directly stopped everyone.

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, no one dared to argue, they all bowed their heads and saluted.

"I don't want to hear about any civil-military disputes or the dispute between North and South in the future! This matter is over!"

Sun Lei knocked on the desk in front of him and said, he didn't expect the fight to start so soon, but he didn't want to care about these things. As the emperor, he just supported the overall situation.

The court meeting became very dull because Xu Wen disturbed the atmosphere, so the court dispersed after simply announcing the matters.

Xu Wen had no intention of backing down, and asked to meet the emperor Sun Lei.

"Have you had enough trouble? Who asked you to stir up trouble here?"

Li Zhu looked at the official under his command fiercely, with a murderous look on his face.

"Master Censor, as a member of the Censor's Office and your Majesty's minister, I receive a salary from the State of Qi. I am just a person who eats the emperor's salary and is loyal to the emperor!"

"Li Yushi, I know you are very familiar with the generals, but you are the Yushi doctor and will soon be promoted to the capital Yushi. You should think about Qi in everything!"

Xu Wen looked at Li Assistant and said.

"Do you know what the consequences will be if this continues?"

Li Zhu looked at Xu Wendao, the state of Qi had just been settled, the war had just ended, and the soldiers had worked hard and achieved great results. It would be a disaster to offend the officers and soldiers at this time. .

"Li Yushi and Xu Zhishi, your Majesty has summoned them!"

The guard came over and whispered.

"Ugh!"

Li Zhu sighed helplessly, and took Xu Wen to the imperial study. He had a headache now. The official position of censor was the most offensive. In the past, there were endless wars, and everything gave way to war. But now the world is peaceful and the government is under control. The world is far more complicated and difficult than conquering the world.

Li Zhu didn't blame Xu Wen. This matter would be exposed sooner or later, and this was the censor's duty.

In the imperial study room, Sun Lei was sitting at the table eating lunch. He had a bowl of porridge just before dawn. He was already hungry after two hours of morning service. Wen Huanzhang was also sitting beside him.

"Sit down and eat something together!"

Sun Lei pointed to the other two empty seats and looked at Li Zhu and Xu Wen.

Li Zhu was not polite and sat down directly. He was familiar with Sun Lei and knew Sun Lei's temper, so he didn't like to be too polite.

Xu Wen was a little uncomfortable with it. According to etiquette, they could not sit at the same table as the emperor. They could only sit on the low table below.

"He looks like a censor!"

Sun Lei looked at Xu Wen who was standing still and said with a smile.

"Sit down when Your Majesty asks you to!"

Li Assistant looked at Xu Wen and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Xu Wen saluted Sun Lei respectfully, and then sat down carefully.

"You must be hungry, eat something first!"

Sun Lei picked up the chopsticks and started eating by himself.

Li Zhu is indeed hungry. He got up at the fourth watch and has not had enough water or rice yet.

Sun Lei's lunch was not a sumptuous meal, only ten dishes. Compared to his status as an emperor, it was already a bit shabby. Moreover, there was no one to serve him, and he had to do everything himself.